Page earned Saginaw Bowler of the Year honors for the first time this year and will captain the Saginaw women’s bowling team in the Flint-Saginaw All-Star Bowling Matches Tuesday at Candlelite Bowl in Bridgeport and Thursday at Grand Blanc Lanes.

“This is the first time I’ve been the high scorer, but I’ve come in second, third and fourth before,” Page said. “I haven’t turned my paperwork in the past three years. I’ve made the team before, so I just wanted to give the other girls a chance to experience it.”

Page, who turns 35 on Thursday, wasn’t given much of a choice this year. Bowling friend Stephanie Jones, who has also earned Saginaw Bowler of the Year honors in the past, “threatened” Page.

“She’s like my big sister, and this is her last year on the women’s team, so she threatened me and said I had to turn in my paperwork so we could be on the team together,” Page said. “Next year, she moves to the senior team, so this is it for us together.”

Page wants Jones to go out in glory, especially after Flint swept Saginaw in every division last year.

“This is my sixth time bowling in these matches, but I didn’t bowl in it last year,” Page said. “I did hear about Saginaw getting swept. That was another reason Stephanie told me I had to bowl.

“The last time I bowled in it, we won. Flint’s had our number. But I can safely say that this year, Flint’s going down. I’ve got a lot of friends on the Flint team, but we’ve already been talking. I’m not worried about last year.

“It’s a friendly rivalry, at least for the women. We see each other a lot, plus we bowl in a lot of the same tournaments. There are a lot of Flint bowlers who bowl up here.”

Page won women’s high score honors with a 209.26 average. The other members of the women’s team includes Kristy Kerr (208.74), Kim Dowis (204.31), Karen Beers (204.00), Jones (202.80) and Julie Oczepek (219.00).

“I’m proud to be the high scorer, but that doesn’t matter anymore … we need to win,” Page said. “We’re definitely solid. It’s fun, but it’s also for bragging rights.”

The women’s and men’s teams begin bowling at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Candlelite Bowl in Bridgeport.

The men’s team is led by Brian McMahon Jr., who earned Saginaw men’s Bowler-of-the-Year honors with a 241.60 average. He’s followed by Steve Novak (239.72), John Robishaw Jr. (234.38), Toby Sidle (231.22), Reginald Smith (228.57) and Ed Goosby (226.10).

The women’s super senior team is captained by Ceciel Reed, who averaged 206.76. Other members are the team are Nellie Sonsmith, Rose Stedry, Chris Laux, Irene Batts and Diana Simpson.

Ray Eddy Jr. leads the men’s seniors with a 224.80 average, followed by Ted Cymbal, Rick Kanuszewski, Gerald Little, Clarence Frazier Jr., and Ray Faubert, while the super seniors are led by Gene Phillips with a 227.55 average. Other members of Saginaw’s super senior men’s team include Ron Lemmer, Robert Hughes, Hal Dise and Randy Hall.